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7 The Metric System prefixesWe attach prefixes – a group of letters – in front of each metric unit to tell us how much bigger or smaller we want it.prefix letter sizemega M 1,000,000kilo K ,000hecto Hdeka dk“unit”deci dcenti cmilli mmicro μ